Baseball is considered "American´s Pastime." Some call it "American´s Game," although I feel Football is the sport most associated with America today. The sport and the boys of summer have been brought to life on the big screen a number of times over the years. Robert Redford in "The Natural" is a classic. Kevin Costner excels as a baseball player and has starred in two memorable baseball films "Field of Dreams" and "For Love of the Game." "Bull Durham" with Tim Robbins is one of the greatest sports comedies. There is a passion for baseball with both the American public and with Hollywood. Baseball is a serious sport that is not the most exciting of the big sports to watch, but "Bull Durham" is not alone in the annals of baseball comedy. The 1989 comedy "Major League" struck a funny bone with American audiences and featured a well-known cast and was chock full of over exaggerated moments that threatened to rip the seams from America´s iconic baseball.
Directed and written by David S. Ward, "Major League" stars Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen and Corbin Bernsen. Bernsen was a popular character on "L.A. Law," one of the more popular shows when "Major League" was released. Berenger had made a name for himself in Oliver Stone´s "Platoon" and Charlie Sheen had co-starred with Berenger in "Platoon," but had followed up on that success by making a name for himself with "Wall Street," "Young Guns" and another baseball film, "Eight Men Out." Wesley Snipes was practically a nobody, but "Major League" would prove to be a huge stepping stone for the venerable action star. The lovely Rene Russo had seen minor work in television, but made her full-length feature debut in "Major League." The sky was the limit after her baseball debut. Joining the cast was "Mr. Baseball" himself, Bob Uecker providing a humorous turn as the "Major League" team´s announcer.
"Major League" is about a dreadful Cleveland Indians team that is the absolute worst team in sports. The team is under new ownership and their new owner, Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) plans on doing everything she can to keep the team in the basement and have a legitimate reason to move the team to sunny Florida. She forces the team´s manager Lou Brown (James Gammon) to hire the worst lot of free agents and has-beens that are available. The choices provided are so bad, that some of them are dead. After training camp, the Cleveland Indians are a hodgepodge of wanna-be and has-been baseball players and the Cleveland Indians look to be lucky if they can manage a single victory during their long season. The team is composed of over-the-hill catcher Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger), prissy third baseman Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen), speedy but unskilled Willie Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes), voodoo outfielder Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert) and a pitcher from the penal system, Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn, who can throw harder than anybody, but couldn´t hit a strike zone from three feet away.
The band of misfits does everything possible to string together an amazing streak of losses. Just when it seems as if Ms. Phelps will get her way, the team learns of her devious plans to move the franchise to Florida and put them out of jobs. To spite her woeful ideas, they band together and do the only thing possible to bring her down – win baseball games. Wild Thing dons the nerdiest glasses imaginable, so that he can see where he hurls the baseball. Willie Mays Hayes learns to slide those extra six inches to reach base safely, Pedro Cerrano sacrifices a live chicken and Tom Berenger woos back his ex-girlfriend Lynn Wells (Rene Russo) and musters everything he can from his aging knees to lead his team to victory.
"Wild Thing" is a fun sports comedy that doesn´t approach the level of absurd humor found in the "Naked Gun" or "Airplane" films, but it isn´t nearly as serious as "Bull Durham." The film is intended to make you laugh and it certainly succeeds in that regard. Charlie Sheen is a talented comedic talent and was perfectly cast as the silly Tom Cruise of the "Hot Shots!" films and has found great success recently with his television show "Two and a Half Men." His performance was enough to inspire Mitch Williams to wear Jersey 99 when Williams trashed my Phillies´ hopes of winning a World Series. Wesley Snipes, Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen were all believable baseball misfits and if it were not for the efforts of the cast, "Wild Thing" would have been another slapstick comedy that is relegated to the $3.99 bin at Circuit City. There have not been many baseball films since "Wild Thing," and certainly no baseball film has been funnier. It is also an effective feel-good underdog film that finds the most unlikely bunch of losers winning when it counts.
Directed and written by David S. Ward, "Major League" stars Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen and Corbin Bernsen. Bernsen was a popular character on "L.A. Law," one of the more popular shows when "Major League" was released. Berenger had made a name for himself in Oliver Stone´s "Platoon" and Charlie Sheen had co-starred with Berenger in "Platoon," but had followed up on that success by making a name for himself with "Wall Street," "Young Guns" and another baseball film, "Eight Men Out." Wesley Snipes was practically a nobody, but "Major League" would prove to be a huge stepping stone for the venerable action star. The lovely Rene Russo had seen minor work in television, but made her full-length feature debut in "Major League." The sky was the limit after her baseball debut. Joining the cast was "Mr. Baseball" himself, Bob Uecker providing a humorous turn as the "Major League" team´s announcer.
"Major League" is about a dreadful Cleveland Indians team that is the absolute worst team in sports. The team is under new ownership and their new owner, Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) plans on doing everything she can to keep the team in the basement and have a legitimate reason to move the team to sunny Florida. She forces the team´s manager Lou Brown (James Gammon) to hire the worst lot of free agents and has-beens that are available. The choices provided are so bad, that some of them are dead. After training camp, the Cleveland Indians are a hodgepodge of wanna-be and has-been baseball players and the Cleveland Indians look to be lucky if they can manage a single victory during their long season. The team is composed of over-the-hill catcher Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger), prissy third baseman Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen), speedy but unskilled Willie Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes), voodoo outfielder Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert) and a pitcher from the penal system, Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn, who can throw harder than anybody, but couldn´t hit a strike zone from three feet away.
The band of misfits does everything possible to string together an amazing streak of losses. Just when it seems as if Ms. Phelps will get her way, the team learns of her devious plans to move the franchise to Florida and put them out of jobs. To spite her woeful ideas, they band together and do the only thing possible to bring her down – win baseball games. Wild Thing dons the nerdiest glasses imaginable, so that he can see where he hurls the baseball. Willie Mays Hayes learns to slide those extra six inches to reach base safely, Pedro Cerrano sacrifices a live chicken and Tom Berenger woos back his ex-girlfriend Lynn Wells (Rene Russo) and musters everything he can from his aging knees to lead his team to victory.
"Wild Thing" is a fun sports comedy that doesn´t approach the level of absurd humor found in the "Naked Gun" or "Airplane" films, but it isn´t nearly as serious as "Bull Durham." The film is intended to make you laugh and it certainly succeeds in that regard. Charlie Sheen is a talented comedic talent and was perfectly cast as the silly Tom Cruise of the "Hot Shots!" films and has found great success recently with his television show "Two and a Half Men." His performance was enough to inspire Mitch Williams to wear Jersey 99 when Williams trashed my Phillies´ hopes of winning a World Series. Wesley Snipes, Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen were all believable baseball misfits and if it were not for the efforts of the cast, "Wild Thing" would have been another slapstick comedy that is relegated to the $3.99 bin at Circuit City. There have not been many baseball films since "Wild Thing," and certainly no baseball film has been funnier. It is also an effective feel-good underdog film that finds the most unlikely bunch of losers winning when it counts.
Baseball is considered "American´s Pastime." Some call it "American´s Game," although I feel Football is the sport most associated with America today. The sport and the boys of summer have been brought to life on the big screen a number of times over the years. Robert Redford in "The Natural" is a classic. Kevin Costner excels as a baseball player and has starred in two memorable baseball films "Field of Dreams" and "For Love of the Game." "Bull Durham" with Tim Robbins is one of the greatest sports comedies. There is a passion for baseball with both the American public and with Hollywood. Baseball is a serious sport that is not the most exciting of the big sports to watch, but "Bull Durham" is not alone in the annals of baseball comedy. The 1989 comedy "Major League" struck a funny bone with American audiences and featured a well-known cast and was chock full of over exaggerated moments that threatened to rip the seams from America´s iconic baseball.
Directed and written by David S. Ward, "Major League" stars Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen and Corbin Bernsen. Bernsen was a popular character on "L.A. Law," one of the more popular shows when "Major League" was released. Berenger had made a name for himself in Oliver Stone´s "Platoon" and Charlie Sheen had co-starred with Berenger in "Platoon," but had followed up on that success by making a name for himself with "Wall Street," "Young Guns" and another baseball film, "Eight Men Out." Wesley Snipes was practically a nobody, but "Major League" would prove to be a huge stepping stone for the venerable action star. The lovely Rene Russo had seen minor work in television, but made her full-length feature debut in "Major League." The sky was the limit after her baseball debut. Joining the cast was "Mr. Baseball" himself, Bob Uecker providing a humorous turn as the "Major League" team´s announcer.
"Major League" is about a dreadful Cleveland Indians team that is the absolute worst team in sports. The team is under new ownership and their new owner, Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) plans on doing everything she can to keep the team in the basement and have a legitimate reason to move the team to sunny Florida. She forces the team´s manager Lou Brown (James Gammon) to hire the worst lot of free agents and has-beens that are available. The choices provided are so bad, that some of them are dead. After training camp, the Cleveland Indians are a hodgepodge of wanna-be and has-been baseball players and the Cleveland Indians look to be lucky if they can manage a single victory during their long season. The team is composed of over-the-hill catcher Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger), prissy third baseman Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen), speedy but unskilled Willie Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes), voodoo outfielder Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert) and a pitcher from the penal system, Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn, who can throw harder than anybody, but couldn´t hit a strike zone from three feet away.
The band of misfits does everything possible to string together an amazing streak of losses. Just when it seems as if Ms. Phelps will get her way, the team learns of her devious plans to move the franchise to Florida and put them out of jobs. To spite her woeful ideas, they band together and do the only thing possible to bring her down – win baseball games. Wild Thing dons the nerdiest glasses imaginable, so that he can see where he hurls the baseball. Willie Mays Hayes learns to slide those extra six inches to reach base safely, Pedro Cerrano sacrifices a live chicken and Tom Berenger woos back his ex-girlfriend Lynn Wells (Rene Russo) and musters everything he can from his aging knees to lead his team to victory.
"Wild Thing" is a fun sports comedy that doesn´t approach the level of absurd humor found in the "Naked Gun" or "Airplane" films, but it isn´t nearly as serious as "Bull Durham." The film is intended to make you laugh and it certainly succeeds in that regard. Charlie Sheen is a talented comedic talent and was perfectly cast as the silly Tom Cruise of the "Hot Shots!" films and has found great success recently with his television show "Two and a Half Men." His performance was enough to inspire Mitch Williams to wear Jersey 99 when Williams trashed my Phillies´ hopes of winning a World Series. Wesley Snipes, Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen were all believable baseball misfits and if it were not for the efforts of the cast, "Wild Thing" would have been another slapstick comedy that is relegated to the $3.99 bin at Circuit City. There have not been many baseball films since "Wild Thing," and certainly no baseball film has been funnier. It is also an effective feel-good underdog film that finds the most unlikely bunch of losers winning when it counts.
Directed and written by David S. Ward, "Major League" stars Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen and Corbin Bernsen. Bernsen was a popular character on "L.A. Law," one of the more popular shows when "Major League" was released. Berenger had made a name for himself in Oliver Stone´s "Platoon" and Charlie Sheen had co-starred with Berenger in "Platoon," but had followed up on that success by making a name for himself with "Wall Street," "Young Guns" and another baseball film, "Eight Men Out." Wesley Snipes was practically a nobody, but "Major League" would prove to be a huge stepping stone for the venerable action star. The lovely Rene Russo had seen minor work in television, but made her full-length feature debut in "Major League." The sky was the limit after her baseball debut. Joining the cast was "Mr. Baseball" himself, Bob Uecker providing a humorous turn as the "Major League" team´s announcer.
"Major League" is about a dreadful Cleveland Indians team that is the absolute worst team in sports. The team is under new ownership and their new owner, Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) plans on doing everything she can to keep the team in the basement and have a legitimate reason to move the team to sunny Florida. She forces the team´s manager Lou Brown (James Gammon) to hire the worst lot of free agents and has-beens that are available. The choices provided are so bad, that some of them are dead. After training camp, the Cleveland Indians are a hodgepodge of wanna-be and has-been baseball players and the Cleveland Indians look to be lucky if they can manage a single victory during their long season. The team is composed of over-the-hill catcher Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger), prissy third baseman Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen), speedy but unskilled Willie Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes), voodoo outfielder Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert) and a pitcher from the penal system, Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn, who can throw harder than anybody, but couldn´t hit a strike zone from three feet away.
The band of misfits does everything possible to string together an amazing streak of losses. Just when it seems as if Ms. Phelps will get her way, the team learns of her devious plans to move the franchise to Florida and put them out of jobs. To spite her woeful ideas, they band together and do the only thing possible to bring her down – win baseball games. Wild Thing dons the nerdiest glasses imaginable, so that he can see where he hurls the baseball. Willie Mays Hayes learns to slide those extra six inches to reach base safely, Pedro Cerrano sacrifices a live chicken and Tom Berenger woos back his ex-girlfriend Lynn Wells (Rene Russo) and musters everything he can from his aging knees to lead his team to victory.
"Wild Thing" is a fun sports comedy that doesn´t approach the level of absurd humor found in the "Naked Gun" or "Airplane" films, but it isn´t nearly as serious as "Bull Durham." The film is intended to make you laugh and it certainly succeeds in that regard. Charlie Sheen is a talented comedic talent and was perfectly cast as the silly Tom Cruise of the "Hot Shots!" films and has found great success recently with his television show "Two and a Half Men." His performance was enough to inspire Mitch Williams to wear Jersey 99 when Williams trashed my Phillies´ hopes of winning a World Series. Wesley Snipes, Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen were all believable baseball misfits and if it were not for the efforts of the cast, "Wild Thing" would have been another slapstick comedy that is relegated to the $3.99 bin at Circuit City. There have not been many baseball films since "Wild Thing," and certainly no baseball film has been funnier. It is also an effective feel-good underdog film that finds the most unlikely bunch of losers winning when it counts.
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